Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
And thank you very much, everybody, for being here with us again. Thank you for providing your reports and for providing this information today.
I have a couple of questions. I have a question about the casual workers and this trend that you note in the material provided today. I also want to ask some questions about the language testing issue.
First, in the material you provided today you've observed a new trend of concern, that being the increasing proportion of casual workers who move directly into the public service. The rate has increased from 4% to 15%. Can you speak a little bit to that?
A casual worker is someone who can work a maximum of 90 days in a year. I'm assuming that can be a day at a time or it could be 90 days all together. Could you speak a little bit to what types of work the casual workers do, why you think this trend has changed, and what your concerns are? I know it's awfully difficult to answer all that in a very short period of time, but can you try do it relatively quickly so that I can get to the language testing question as well?